Upcoming Events
October 2024
Tuesday October 22
- 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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Club Night | Caller: Michael Levy (Zoom)P.S. 003 Charrette School, 490 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
Rotate through Mainstream, Plus, Advanced programs.
Admission: $15
Friday October 25 – Sunday October 27
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Fly-in | Peel the Pumpkin 2024P.S. 003 Charrette School, 490 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014, USA
timessquares.nyc/ptp
40RWARD and BACK – 40 Years of Peel the Pumpkin
Hosted by Times Squres
Callers: Betsy Gotta, Chris Phillips, Howard Richman, Ted Lizotte
Saturday October 26
- 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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NNJSDA Dance | Caller: Paul IngisMontville Senior Center, 356 Main Rd, Montville, NJ 07045, USA
Caller: Paul Ingis | Mainstream & Plus
Qualifies for Freeloader Incentive
Recurs monthly
Peel the Pumpkin 2024.
Join us for the 40th Peel the Pumpkin square dance weekend. 40 years in the making! You know it’s going to be a great time with callers Ted Lizotte, Howard Richman, Betsy Gotta, and Chris Phillips. VenuesFriday and Saturday, we will be at PS 3, 480 Hudson St, NY. our usual square dance home for almost 40 years….
Peel the Pumpkin 2024
Who knew that when the first fly-in was held by Times Squares in 1985, we would still be here? The who, what, where of the event has changed over its forty years, but the heart of the weekend remains the same – dancing with our friends and family. We now proudly present “40rward and Back” : Forty…
Square Dancing Classes Start Jan 9
Let 2024 be the year when you begin your square dance journey! Square dancing is a form of social dancing going back centuries, but is still a fun and enjoyable activity for modern times. Some of our members have been square dancing in New York City since 1984 when the club was founded. In twelve…
Featured Articles
Member Profile: George Voorhis
How long have you been a member of Times Squares? My prom was in 1991, which was the same year as my first IAGSDC Convention “Cast a Shadow in the Sun” at the Hotel Fontainebleu in Miami. That’s when Security threw the Bathing Beauties out of the pool for wearing one piece bathing suits and…
Member Profile: Shep Wahnon
How long have you been a member of Times Squares? I was part of the third class of the Times Squares which began in the autumn of 1986. And I graduated from Basic/Mainstream in the spring of 1987at which time I was eligible to join the Club. I have therefore been a member of the…
Teaching and Learning Theory Applied to Square Dance Instruction
This article originally appeared in The Call Sheet volume12 issue 2 (2018 July-August-September) p.53-70, and is reprinted here with permission of the author. The Call Sheet is the professional journal of the Gay Callers Association. Teaching and Learning Theory Applied to Square Dance InstructionHarlan Kerr – harlankerr46@gmail.com “And I knew if I had the chance,…